stackyFACTSWhen an omniscient tech monopoly wants to map the entire globe, they refuse to let silly things like paved roads stop them. To get authentic street view footage of the Liwa Oasis in the UAE, Google mounted their heavy, multi-lensed Trekker camera right onto the hump of a very confused ten-year-old camel named Raffia.
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